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BLOWN INTO ATOMS.
An Awful Disaster in St. Louis
Missouri.
. fiIGHT PERSONS INSTANTLY KILLED
j St, Louis, November I.—A flash, [followed
vy a dull roar, and then tho crash of walls
Convulsed the center of this city at 2 o’clock
fthis morning, and tho clatter that'followed
gained a rumor of a horrible calamity that
Riad befallen three families while wrapped in
.slumber. An explosion of gasoline in the rear
f 9 * the cellar of Michael Newman’s grocery
.Store, No. 13 South Fourteenth street, had
Rifted the two-story building from its founda
tion and dropped it back again in a mass, be
-£ieatli which were buried over a dozen persons
They were: MICHAEL NEWMAN, aged 52 years;
AIRS. ANNIE NEWMAN, aged 40 years; Miss MA
iMIE NEWMAN, aged 18 years; JOHN NEWMAN
Aged 1G years! NELLIE NEWMAN, aged 15 years’;
aCATE NEWMAN, aged 11 years; EDDIE NEWMAN*
Aged 13 years; CHARLES DEVERE; MRS CHAs’
SEVERE; MISS HATTIE BROWN, of Columbus'
iKy., bruised about the lower limbs; CHARLES
•KHFFERD; MISS PATTY BRYANT; Mrs. BEASLY.
The explosion had scarcely wrecked the
glace before a devastating fire swept through
itlie ruins. Aid was quickly on the scene, but
sn such confusion that the horror seemed to
with their efforts to relieve the ini
jprisoned victims.
The people of the neighborhood, dumb
founded, many bruised, and none in their nor
ftinl state, ran about the streets seeking friends
demanding explanations or moaning from
pruises. The heat of the flames that had
•Cwept down upon the ruins baffled the efforts
pi the firemen, who had begun the first sys
tematic work and for a few minutes bid fair to
ispread to adjoining property. But the good
{work won and then began a search for the
flead.
. The store was on the coiner of an alley run
ning through from Fourteenth to Targee street
and was the north room of the building cover
ing No. 2,7, 9 and 11,. Fourteenth street. The
Building, a two-story brick, was completed but
b short time ago and only one store room was
Occupied. Mr. Newman and his family of
peven, lived over the store. The force of tho
Explosion was terrific. Tho entire block of
fcuildings north of and across the alley
from the building in which the
Explosion took plate were gutted by the
jplast. The Newman block which was crushed
Mi was covered by a roof, which had settled
.flown upon the ruins and formed a barrier
through which the rescuers had to cut away.
Beams and walls impeded progress, and the
threatening walls overhung, ready to crush the
gallant men who pressed to the spot where
.palls for help directed them. The roof was
Boon removed, aud in the debris was revealed
TUB MANGLED FORMS
pf the groceryman's family. Two girls, New
tnan’s daughters, were first removed. Mamie,
. lineteen years of age, was still alive, but
mangled from the timbers and charred by tho
’ are, she was beyond hope of recovery. Her
iister Nellie, a girl of fifteen years, moaned
iiteously for her sister. For the half hour that
;hese two had been imprisoned, their efforts
had been to draw near’each other when they
saw that escape was impossible. Neither can
■Survive.
The rest of the Newman family were dead.
Some sat upright and others were doubled in
.their beds. Life had evidently fled while they
Were wrapt in slumber. In the same building
•over the store, room No. 9,lives Charles Devere,
traveling salesman, add his wife. Visiting
them was Miss Hattie Brown, of Columbus,
JJy. She was badly injured, but
MIRACULOUSLY ESCAPED DEATH.
She is the only person who passed through
She horrible ordeal and lives to tell the story of
tho escape. She awoke to find herself buried
.beneath heavy timbers, somewhere against the
■Wall—she was unable to tell—where she was
•thrown, but when her eyes opened she beheld
a thrilling scene that had all the effects of a
iaorrible dream.
' On one side a wall of fire reached to the sky,
while crashing timbers and the clatter of iron
caused a storm of dangerous missiles to fly
about her head. The screams of those in ad
joining buildings rang in her ears, and as she
realized her situation she almost fainted, but
nerved to the last desperate struggle by tho
groans of the dying, she essayed to escape, but
-found her efforts baffled at every turn. She
Was firmly pinned by a beam across her thigh
.and an iron rod over one ankle. She could not
tell what means she employed to got out, but
.as she twisted and struggled in vain, tho fire
Was blown towards her until her long, black
tresses were scorched and tho odor of burning
meat penetrated her lungs and
ALMOST SUFFOCATED THE BRAVE GIRL.
Belief appeared hopeless, and just as she
ipank back in dispair, the ruins settled down
iknd the overhanging timbers were raised from
(her limbs, which were fettered in deadly
Embrace. No time was to be lost,
as the fire pressed close around
her. With extraordinary effort, Miss Brown
sprang to her feet and staggering, falling and
Tolling she made her way blindly through the
ruins. Again and again she fell, and, as she
says, her strength was completely exhausted,
and she stumbled forward, falling headlong
Into an open space, where she lay unconscious
for a few minutes. She was restored by a cool
Ibreezo that brought the blood to her brain and
flhe again rose to her feet only to find herself
'in the comparative safety of a small rear yard.
Then she ran to a neighbor’s house and climb
ing through the balcony sank down in a swoon,
The neighbor found her there and c anied her
Into th estreet, where she was given a skirt and
Borno clothing. She paid no attention to kind
offers of friendly hands, but went down to the
Beene of the explosion and remained there in
agony,cogerlv scanning the charred and bruised
faces’ as the firemen carried the victims from
tho huge heap of splintered material. Over the
store, room No. 11. resided Mrs. Bryant, with
her daughter. Miss il’atty. With them
were two boarders, Charles Eiffered and Mrs.
.Beasley. The last named was buried so deeply
in the debris thht search for her was given up
until the others were removed. Charles Eif
jfored was taken out alive, but died on the way
to tho hospital. Miss Bryanffjwasjbruised, but
a heavy head of hair protected her and her
injuries are not dangerous. An unknown
-man of forty was found in tho debris and re
moved to the morgue.
Besides those injured in the building many
-persons in the neighborhood were more or less
CUT AND BRUISED BY FLYING SPLINTERS
and brick. For several blocks on either side
Os the streets the concussion shattered win
dows, and in the immediate vicinity on
the opposite side of the way, the fronts of
She buildings were mashed in by terrible force,
and scarcely a window or door remains. Walls
Cracked, floors gave away and plaster fell in
almostevcry house within a radius of a hundred
[yards, and on the heads of sleeping residents,
startling them and caitsoig u mad rush and
flight to the street. Those me of terror on the
Street was illuminated by the ghastly glare of
consuming flame and figures wildly running
and gesticulating, robed only in night dresses,
Vividly told the dread uncertainty and fright
that had seized the community.
The din was enhanced by the rumble of atn-
Jmlances and the thumping of fire engines. A
little while and human nature asserted itself
and the organized efforts oi the city were of
avail. The ambulance service was excellent,
wagons sent to the sc ne brought skilled atten
dants and many physicians were ready when
their services could bo used. Nothing was
epared to relieve tin ufferers. As they were
Removed from the debris they were taken im
mediately to the dispensary. The police soon
Siad control of the crowd and the vandals had
Siad no opportunity to ply their trade. Tho
Bremen worked at the fallen buildings, tegard-
Icss of adjacent walls, which towered with im
pending danger. With daylight came word
that ail the vi< tints had been removed.
The mob which press around the scene ox
Oitedly,
TALK OF ANARCHISTS
»ttd their dynamite, but men of sense discoun
tenaric tlii i idle prut tie. The general belief is
that escaping gas filled tho cellar, and that
Newman kept a quantity of kcro-mc ml and
jga-olin' n> the cellar in er where the explosion
evid' et.lv took place. The rapid lire ami fumes
while it burned indi a’ dtld-. There.-—il and
oil, if th' :e wnsanv. have been destroyed, and
the only man that kr ow-is dead. The c cap
tug gas theory is ■ ■ipi-mted, however, by the
store boy. John Bicnvno who ay- that lie no
ticed. during the ai:ernoon yesterday, n strong
Smell of gas. and le fore shutting up the ,v re
for the night, at 7 O o’clock, he went through
the building looking tor an open burner. Ho
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 8.1887.
did not visit tho cellar. The tremendous-force
ot the explosion is the cause of the greatest
tloubt as to this explanation. A great crowd
lingers about the place, but the work of rescue
IS , ove ? , Tl| ° financial loss will amount to
about $2,000, divided in small amounts among
property owners in the neighborhood.
The mangled and burned forms of eight per
sons lie in the morgue awaiting burial. Tho
scene is horrible and not one of tho victims
but that is bruised and black from contutions
and flames, and their bodies twisted into ago
nizing shapes. Death came in every form;
life was either crushed out, burned, shocked
by explosion, or smothered and some never
awoke to feel the dread, and others lived in
hope to bo rescued by men whose shouts they
heard about them. Two other forms lie in tho
hospital lingering between life and death.
One, Nellie Newman, is able to talk.
St. Louis, November 2.—John Lindsay,
chief of the fire department, says regarding
the explosion on Fourteenth street yesterday
morning, by which eight persons were killed:
“I n my opinion, the explosion was not caused
by cither gas or gasoline. Neither of these
could have demolished the building in which
it exploded and all the surrounding buildings,
the way you see at Fourteenth street. I never
saw such a complete wreck in my life as tho
one yesterday morning. I was upon the scene
four minutes after the alarm was struck, and
tho place was as you find it today. Either
dynamite, gunpowder, or giant powder was
what exploded, and no one can make me be
lieve otherwise.”
STRUGGLE WITH A PANTHER.
Two Rabun County Men Meet With an Un
welcome Object.
Clayton, Ga., November s.—[Special.]
John Patterson and James Arrandale,while on
their return from North Carolina, were attack
ed by a large panther, about one-half mile
from Clayton. Patterson having lived in a
country infested with this ferocious beast, took
in tho situation at once. It seems that the
animal fell upon Patterson for its prey, duo to
the fact, no doubt, that he attempted flight
upon its discovering. The struggle that en
sued, and the frantic effort of Patterson to ex
tricate himself from tho clutch of his unex
pected assailant, was witnessed by his partner.
The huge beast, with glaring eyes, sprang
with its forepaws upon Mr. Patterson, circling
him with a hug which almost bulged out his
eyes. The panther would first shake itself to
one side aud then to tho other, evidently with
the purpose of throwing its victim to tho
ground. Patterson knew that if he fell he
would be instantly torn to pieces, so leaning
against a chestnut tree by which he stood, he
did his best to poise himself so as to maintain
his balance. After hard endeavors he managed
to get his knife from his po :ket, which he open
ed by clasping arms around the panther’s
body. In doing so he had to squeeze the ani
mal sharply. The panther seemed to catch
the idea of the old “backhand wrestle” from
this movement, and entwining its hind legs
around Patterson’s waist, there was for a min
ute or two as pretty a wrestling match as was
ever witnessed on the arena. It ended in a
‘.dogfall,” both coming down at once, and
rolling over each other.
Arrandale, in the meantime, was not idle.
He was unarmed, and for a moment was in a
quandary as to what to do. He saw no means
of attacking the animal, but was too brave to
think of desertin* his friend in such an emer
gency. He ran over the ground looking for
some weapon. It seemed as if the ground had
been swept of every offensive object. At last
he found a long piece of granite, sharpened on
one side and heavy on the other. With this
ho determined upon a hand-to-hand struggle
with the monster. Running up just in time
to find his friend giving away from exhaus
tion, he delivered one stunning blow on tho
panther’s head. This attack, from an unex
pected quarter, evidently aroused the fear of
the panther, for releasing its embrace upon
Patterson, it made one spring across the road,
and with a piercing cry disappeared in the
dense forest beyond.
As soon as Patterson had recovered suffi
ciently to do so, tho journey home was con
tinued. He did not sustain a scratch, but says
that from the vice-like grip of tho panther, ho
feels as if every bone in bis body had been
broken. Tho panther on tho night following
occupied the front yard of -Mrs. York, a widow
lady. She had no arms of attack, but had to
close doors, bars windows, and sit up in terror
all night, while the beast outside filled the air
with its mournful lamentations.
THE HOUSE DROVER’S MARRIAGE.
Judge Allen Tells a Love Story—An Interest
ing Romance.
Hamilton, Ga., November s.—[Special.]
Judge Allen has a mind full of anecdotes and
never tires of telling them. He recalls with
clearness every incident of seeming unim
portance which has transpired during his ca
reer. He has heard speeches from the lips of
Webster, Clay and Calhoun. Ho can almost
repeat a speech he heard delivered by Henry
Clay in a crowded street of Macon, when tho
orator predicted the civil war.
He was asked for a story, and as his habit is,
he had sat for a moment quietly smoking his
pipe. At length he placed his pipe in his pock
et and said:
“Well, I will tell you a real love story.
It all happened twenty years be
fore the war, when I was
attending school at the Georgia university.
At that time there existed among the proud
southerners no greater prejudice than that
against horse drovers. A horse drover was
considered little better than a horse thief. I
met one day a young man of this class and, in
spite of my share in the common prejudice, I
was struck with his easy manner. I saw
enough of him to come to the conclusion that
he would grace anybody’s parlor, so one day I
asked him if he would not like to call on a
young lady friend of mine. He
said ho would be glad to do
so, and that afternoon wo made
a call on Miss ITiggins. We found that she
bad already two callers, young men of tho
town. I introduced my friend, the horse
drover, and you would have been amused to
l ave seen the countenance of tho young men
fall. Scarcely a half dozen words were ex
changed before Miss Priggins’s first callers
made their exit. My friend took in the situa
tion at once, but he had the good sense to not
show it.
After awhile, lie was turning music for Miss
Priggins while she played upon tho piano.
When she liatl finished, lie was asked it ho
could not play.
“I play sometimes,” was his reply.
“Will you not play for us?” Miss Priggins
then asked.
“He reluctantly consented. He took his po
sition in front of the instrument and we were
thrilled with the music he made. He touched
the keys of the piano with the ease and grace
of a m ister and when he had finished and re
fused to play more he had won the friendship
of Miss Priggins, who was on his departure
cordial in her invitation for him to call again.
“Well, he made several pleasant calls
during liis stay. Ho camo back
the next season and before he left
town lie and Miss Priggins approached
the young lady's father and asked his consent
to tlieir marriage.
“Since you both seem to desire it, I will not
oppose your marriage, but if my daughter
makes a hard bed she must lie upon it.”
“It shall be as soft as feathers can make it,”
was tho young man’s pleasant rejoinder.
“The wedding was set for September 10th.
Wlien lie camo for his bride everyone was sur
prised nt the display lie made. He wore an
expensive suit and a servant in livery drove
two magnificent iron grays to his fine
carriage. Some one, made bold
by curiosity, approached the servant
and inquired who the young man might be.
“Wy, sir, my master is do riches' man in
Kentuck’, I ’xpect, sir. He owns do lines’
farm in de country, and ’pears to me lia’f o’
Louisville.’
“Further inquiry elicited the information
that the drover was really a man of means,
who bad traveled extensively and had many
accomplishments. Suffice it to say Miss Prig
gins was willing to accept the bed she hail
made. ” •
Do Not be Alarmed
At the raising of blood froru the lungs. It is
one of the very earliest .symptoms of consump
tion. and only show . the healthy efforts of the
system to throw off the scrofulous imyuritles of
tiie blood which have resulted in ulceration of
the lungs. Dr. Pienn’s “floldcn Medical Di—
covery” is a positive remedy for consumption
at this stage, if takui faithfully, it will
cleanse tho blood, heal the ulcers in the lungs
aud build up and renovate the whole system.
SUGAR STRIKERS.
The Trouble on the Louisiana
Sugar Plantations.
EMPLOYERS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY.
[The strike of the negro laborers on the
Louisiana sugar plantations is for an advance
of 25 per cent a day on the present rates of
SLOO a day aud rations. The strike is promo
ted and engineered by the Knights of Labor.]
New Orleans, October 31.—1 n view of tho
fact that a general strike of laborers of the
sugar plantations, to begin November 1, has
been ordered by the executive board of district
assembly 1,040, in the parishes of St. Mary,
Iberia, St. Martin, Terrebonne and Lafourch,
at a largo meeting of planters the following
was adopted:
Resolved, That if any laborers are discharged
ftom the plantations upon which they arc now nt
work or if any such discharge themselves bv refus
ing to work, we pledge ourselves to give them no
employment; that all people discharged for refusing
to work be requested to leave the plantation within
iwenty four hours and on their refusal to obev that
the powers of law be invoked to assist the ownersof
property ill the enjoyment of their rights of prop
erty.
Resolved, Tlmt it is the sense of this meeting that
an emergency lias risen which requ res that the
government be called upon to furnish military aid
m enforcing the law mid to prevent bloodshed mid
violence mid that the sheriff of the parish be re
quested to call upon the government for the aid of
some recognized military organization.
As a result of tho above resolution a com
pany of infantry consisting of thirty men,
under command of Captain W. 11. Beanham,
with one light galling gun, has been ordered
to proceed to Thibodeaux and report to the
judge of that district.
Paterson ville, La., November I.—A gen
eral striae among tho bands on the sugar plant
ations was inaugurated this morning on the
lower Teche, in the district between Bartel’s
station and Morgan City. All the places above
Grandwood are still working and all places be
low and including Grandwood are cither idle
or working with a few white hands. Tho
planters are a unit in resisting the demands of
the strikersjmd they have no doubt about tho
result.
Nfw Orleans, La., November 2.—Dis
patch to merchants hero from L. Lacasagne,
of Tigerville, La., says:
“The strikers shot four of my laborers this morning
from an ambush, I have telegraphed the governor
for troops. Please see that they get off at once.”
Messrs. Black, tho recipients of tho message,
at once informed Generals Glynn and Meyer
and Colonel Richardson, of the Washington
Artillery, the tenor of the dispatch and officers
are awaiting the action of the governor
through tho adjutant general, when tho nec
essary orders will bo issued.
The sugar plantation of Mr. Lacasagne
(Greenwood) is in tho parish of Terre Bonne,
on Bayou Black, eight miles from Tigerville,
and between that point and Homer. Prior
to Friday last there were employed upon the
Greenwood plantation about sixty laborers,
twenty-five white, and the remainder colored.
On Friday the latter all struck for higher
wages, but all the white hands remained and
continued at work as usual. Lacasagne at once
made arrangements for filling up the number
of laborers required upon his plantation by en
gaging white men in this city, and yesterday
forty-live were sent there, but whether the four
men ambushed and shot this morning were
among the number, or of those remaining upon
the plantation, the telegram does not state.
New Orleans, November 2.—A Timcs-
Deniocrat’s Jeannerette special says:
Striking laborers on adjacent plantations have
been ordered to leave. They will be ejected by force
tomorrow if the orders have not been obeyed. The
strikers on two plantations resumed work today.
A Thibodeaux special says:
In this parish the s'it mtion is unchanged. No vio
lence is reported. In response to tho summons to
return to work or quit their places, thejstrikers have
as a rule adopted the latter alternative, and are
either flocking into town, where many of them ar
rived to-day, or are packing up and making active
pre] araticris to leave. Affidavits were, however,
sworn out against some twenty men who reftised
to adopt either alternative. Twelve of these were
arrested, including two white men, but all were
bailed. It was reported this morning that serious
trouble had occurred in Terre Bonne parish, and
that Captain Avery’s company from New Iberta had
been ordered to Houma In consequence. Laborers
brought from New Orleans to till the places of the
strikers on Greenwood plantations were fired upon
while ut work nnd two of them wounded.”
Advices from Raceland, La., report that
strikers in that section are turbulent and
threatening, and tho citizens have asked for
protection. Judge Beattie has ordered tho
sheriff to leave with a posse tonight for that
point.
A special to the Picayune from Morgan
City, La., says:
Everything is quiet. The planters still refuse to
yicid to tiie demands of the strikers. There is dis
satisfaction among the leading knights here and
also in Pattersonville. Developments arc looked
fi r Thur day, but there have been as yet no reports
of trouble. Tiie weather is very pleasant.
A special to tho Picayune from Franklin,
La., says:
All work has stopped on the plantations in St.
Mary’s parish, from Centreville to Berwick, a dis
tance of twenty miles. All the strikers have been
ordered to leave the plantations or resume work.
Information from the upper portion of the pasish is
to the effect tlmt nil plantation hands are at work in
full force. No violence has been reported from
any section of the parish.
New Orleans, Li., November 3.—Up to
this hour, Bp. m., nothing new has been re
ceived today from tho parishes where the strike
of plantation hands is in progress regarding
the situation. H. Zuberbier, of Zuberbier &
Rohan, owners of several large sugar estates,
returned home this morning after a week’s
absence spent in inspecting the plantations.
He very much laments the occur
rence of the strike as the frost
season is at hand and consequent danger to
this, as fine, if not tho finest, sugar crop ever
grown in Louisiana. Along the river several
planters have conceded tho rate of wages de
manded, $1.25 per day, where no contracts ex
isted . Zuberbier says he recognizes danger in
yielding to their demand for an increase in
cases where laborers have contracted at SI.OO
per day for the season, as establishing a prece
dent of breaking contracts, through the medium
of strikes, which would render stability
of business estimates, so very
necessary to tho success of plantation
work, impossible.
New Orleans, La., November 3.—A
special from Jeannerette, La., says labor af
fairs are beginning to present a brighter aspect.
Laborers ordered to leave the plantation of J >r.
Good and Captain Willis, have all done so.
Captain Cade was this morning instructed to
remain in Jeannerette with a squad of ten men
and to send tho balance of tho
company to his headquarters. Tonight lie
received another order to proceed
to Pattersonville at once with a force of thirty
men.
New Orleans, November 4.—Three of tho
laborers recently sent to Greenwood planta
tion near Tigersville where the striking negroes
are reported to have fired on them from am
bush returned to the city this morning. They
say that the first report of the affair was great
ly’ exaggerated. The adjutant general has
issued an order disbanding the militia, which
has been assembled in Baton Rouge.
New Orleans, November s.—Reliable in
formation was received hero today that four
white men were shot by the strikers last night
while attending cane carriers near Berwicks.
Tho sheriff, on receipt of information, sum
moned a posse of about forty men from the
vicinity and left for tho ge'-ne of the shooting,
increasing the posse along the route to about
eight substantial citizens. Captain Code’s
company passed down to Berwick on the
train at’noon. Rumors are current that the
laborers at liisff Bend will strike
Monday. Reports from the upper part of tho
parish and Bayou Cypemort are tliat all is
quiet and that the laborers are all at work.
A dispatch from New Iberia says:
Tlii- evenin ' a reiort was current here that sev
eral rnen hud been killed nt Pater-oriviße a id sonic
color is elven to tiie minor by the fact tlmt captain
I'barr lilta re'elved orders from General Parkorwin !
to move with artillery and all available men at
once to Ho< ema. hangers, under the command of
Captiiii < >1 , left :■ by train for I’at r oa\Die
this morning In c .mprnmw.th orders
A special from Pattersonville gives the fol- I
lowing:
An enw:nt« r took i>laee today between a sheriff's
pi ", eommamled by Hon. Daniel 'inlfray, amt the ’
Altai..ipiis Ba 1 rer commands.; l.v Captain c i'l",
on one side and a crowd of ncgio i-trikers. Foveral
of the striker, ui ib aporc mml' 'l and the I
otli- rs Wci'i or lared 'to di' per-e. • but ,
instead of obeying they showed a dis I
I tion to p-i t. Au cngii'-'en "Id ensued In which I
several of tiie negr.a - were killed. Everything Is I
n< v quiet I.ml .mimin 01c. paint to no recurreuce of
this ri.om-. wa it Military comjarn s are
quart'-:' I mi'.lm 'a - L. W. < sii'-;' <:t to the
order, of tie si.er.:t uni ready to more at a mo
mi nt's notice.
New fIKi.F.ANM. November fi. Military com
pani'-s from Opelousas passed down ttalay.
The artillery detachment of the Iberia Guards
left on the local train in response to Captain
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Cade’s call for more men. Ten more of tho
Iberia Guards will leave tonight to join their
command at Pattersonville. All is quiet. All
tho mills in Faiisse point section, as Well as in
Iberia are at work. A largo number of ne
groes went down on tho train today, going to
take the places of tho strikers.
Morgan City special says: “Today lias been
one of considerable excitement, but without
demonstration by the laborers. Tho killing of
four negroes at Pattersonville Saturday, creat
ed some excitement here. It is not known
here who did tho shooting. None of tho la
borers have gone to work in this vicinity. It
is rumored that they will resume work tomor
row.
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Tn using Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup you aro
employing tho very best remedy for colds.
Text Knough for a Dozen Sermons.
From the Pittsburg Chronicle.
Mrs. Isaac Armogost, of Crawford county,
was ill and her son started out with bls gun ’o kill
a pheasant for her. He returned, niter 11 long hunt,
without any game, but shortly after he had entered
the house ft crash of window-glass was heard in tho
parlor and a plump pheasant was found on the floor
with its neck broken.
Persons suffering with Imadarhe or other
pain should use Salvation Oil. J’rice 25 cents.
Those Freckled-Faced Boys.
From the Texas Siftings.
It is the freckled-faced boys who aro the
sharpest in swapping jack-knives. They sic kle
early and speckle la tn.
Rure to Regulate the Bowels.
MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
is the only thing that mothers can rely upon
for their children. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
Nothing Mean About Him.
From the New York Sun.
Tramp—Will you give me twenty cents, sir,
to buy a txittle ot whisky with?
Gentleman—lsn’t that a rather cheeky request?
Tramp—You won’t think so when you hear the
particulars. You see, I’ve been druikin’ all the
morn in’at a fren’s expense, an’l want to recipro
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In vials at 25 cents.
Warming Up.
From the Boston Post.
Voting citizens have been hanging over tho
registers much during the past few weeks that
they have got pretty well warmed up now.
A Baby Like a Gale of Wind.
Why is a neu’-born baby like a gale of wind?
Because it begim with a squall. (Jold gab’s
indm e coughs and c roup. Taylor’s Cherokee
Remedy of Swett Gum and Mullein will cure
it.
Good 'I line to go Hence.
From th<- Fhiltkdelphla Pr
Jay Goul will probably stay in Kurope long
enough to enable specnlator-: to p üblish
telegraph system for him V? buv. 'J here is not much
property of that description lying around loose juit
now.
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ly the bt|l.' - Rev. flcury Ward Beecher.
THE li ISB OF DEATH.
Story of a Strange Hupersthion Among Mon
terey Mexicans.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Tiie Santa Cruz ghost, which is engro singth©
attention of citizens of that famous watering
place by its midnight revelries, recalls a legend
of San Juan, in tho adjoining county, told the
writer many years ago by a narrator no l<. i
credible than a good old Spanish priest, with
whom the writer happened to be staying on a
few days’ visit.
One morning after breakfast I expressed a
wish to stroll into tho ancient graveyard at
tached to the old adobe church of that quaint
little Mexican town. Tho old padre, with the
kindness and courtesy characteristic of the
simple missionary fathers, at once acceded
and accompanied the writer, relating as we
walked among the graves the brief history of
some who lay quietly bmieath. “Here,” ho
observed, with a quiet smile as he pointed to a
grave in the middle of the cemetery, “here is a
grave which ihe simple old Mexican families
around here look upon with unusual interest, if
not with actual awe.”
“A murder?”
No, no! Something much stranger. Jhave
tried to < >mbat the idea, and win • I would be
addressing the people they would fay: “Si, Si
Padre.” They would as <nt to all 1 said, but
the belief remained and does remain indelible.
“A spirit,’ he went -n, “is said to have ap
peared to every one buried in that grave and
io warn the family whenever any of them is
about to pass away.
“Its appearance, which isgenerally made in
the following manner, is believed to bo uni
formly fatal, being an omen of death to those
wlio are so unhappy as to meet with it.
“When a funeral takes place the spirit is
said to watch the person who remains last in
the graveyard, over whom it possesses a fasci
nating influence.
“If the person be a young man the spirit
taka the shade of a fascinating young female,
inspires him with a charmed passion and ex
acts a promise that he will meet her at the
graveyard a month from that day. This
promfso is sealed with a kiss that communicates
a deadly taint to him who complies.
“The spirit then disappears. No sooner does
the person from whom it received the promise
and the kiss pass the boundary of the church
yard than he remembered the history of the
spectre. He sinks into despair and insanity,
and dies. Jf, on the contrary, tho spectre ap
pears to a female, it assumes the form of a
young man of cxcccdingclcgitnee and beauty.”
The padre showed me the grave of a young
person about eighteen years of ag»*, who was
said four months before to have fallen a victim
to it. “'Ten months ago,” the father said, “a
man gave the promise and the fatal ki-»s, and
conseqii' ntly looked upon him 'if us lost. He
trxjk a fever and died, and was buried on tho ,
day appointed lor the meeting, which was ex
a< tly a month after the fatal interview.
“Incredible as it may appear, the friends bf
the <8 two pci’ori.i solemnly declared to me
that th<; partb ulars of the interview were, re
peal* div detailed by the two persons without
the ‘•lightest variation.
“There ans several eases of the Famo kind
mentioned rbut tho two ca<es alluded to arc
tlu; only ones that came within my personal
knowledge.
“ft appear however, that the spectre dors
j not confine it-, operation, to the grave yard only.
There have been in-tam e .mentioned of it ap
pearance at. wr.ddlwi' fend social parties, w'lmro
it never failed to we uro its victims dancing
them Into pleuritic fevers.”
C>n Ix-ing questioned as to w’nat ho might
think of such possible ‘, tiie gojd
father simply smiled and slpxdc his head.
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